Sunday, March 27, 2011

for Daphie (by sean s)

III. Tips For Better SleepEven moresothan that list of Do Today, there is, before dousing your lights,Did.

IV.The sunlight outside is cold and dry. Shadowsof birds flit

over the windowpanes, ghosts of this moment.

V.In times of drought, or frozen lakes, consideryour head, along the back and sidesis sticky, soft, stretched.Perhaps pink.Unpull it.Pluck through it like a schoolteacher's songpracticedrifting upstairs through the floor.

VI.A hoodie and coat to take out the trashbefore the latticed silhouette of that bare tree abetting the lake.My frozen lake.

Your purse under your arm,and off you go, taking steps like the back of your head.